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LEADERS of North and South Korea will meet for the second time in September. The announcement came Monday but was surprisingly thin on details, not giving the exact date or any mention of what will be discussed.
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WITH earthquakes devastating Indonesia, and fires raging in the United States, there has been plenty of discussion of so-called “natural disasters” in recent weeks.
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Through rituals like tree ordinations, some monks in Thailand are integrating Buddhist principles into the environmental movement in order to garner support from their followers and encourage sustainable practices.
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AUTHORITIES in the Philippines say they are seeing an alarming trend of underage Filipino women attempting to leave the country with forged passports and documents to work abroad.
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AFTER gaining the custody of a US$250 million superyacht, the Malaysian government is looking to claim a private jet that is also purportedly owned by a financier at the centre of the country's state fund scandal.
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AFTER a government-issued stamp depicting a family with three children was released last week, speculation has been rife that China may finally be putting an end to its infamous attempts at population control.
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OVER four million people in the northeastern Indian state of Assam will be hearing why they have been stripped of their citizenship and will be told how they may go about appealing the government's decision this week.
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CHINESE state media has defended a crackdown on the country’s Uighur Muslim population, claiming their detention is to ensure peace and stop the Xinjiang region from becoming "China's Syria" or "China's Libya."
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YOU wouldn’t think the release of a new stamp would cause much excitement regardless of situation. But the latest new year offering from the Chinese government has got people talks. Why? Because the happy family of pigs – in keeping with the traditional zodiac signs – has three children.
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THE THREAT of haze from another season of forest fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island hangs over Asia’s biggest sporting event, scheduled to kick off later this month.
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